Oil container



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OIL CONTAINE R Filed May 10, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 mm, W35 R. F. PUSTEJOVSKY v 2,023,820

OIL CONTAINER Filed May 10, 1935 2 SheetS Sheet 2 Inventor fiffiwfg bas Patented Dec. 10, 1935 UNITED STATES E AT ENT OFi lQE 4 Claims.

This invention relates to containers particularly adapted for filling crank cases for internal combustion engines with oil, but not necessarily limited to such purposes and uses.

An object of the invention is to facilitate the filling of the crank case with oil; and to provide a container where this operation may be accomplished more expeditiously than is the case with bottles and similar oil containers now used for this same purpose.

The invention together with its objects and advantages will be best understood from a study of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevational view illustrating the manner of filling the improved oil can.

Figure 2 is a similar view illustrating the manher of transferring the oil from the can to the crank case of an internal combustion engine.

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view through the can.

Figure 4 is a top plan View thereof.

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional. view looking upwardly.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the spout portion of the can.

In the preferred embodiment thereof the invention comprises a can 5 of metal or other suitable material, and preferably cylindrical. This can 5 is equipped with a suitable handle 6. What may be termed a floating. cover is provided for the can 5, and in the present instance this cover consists of a follower or piston l in the form of a ring having at its upper edge an inturned flange data the upper side of which is secured by bolt and nut means or other fastening devices 8 the flange edge of a funnel shaped head 9 of a spout tube ill; and to the underside of which flange is secured an annular washer H.

Arranged in line with the axial center of the can 5 and supported above the top edge of the can by integral arms 52 is a guide sleeve or tube l3 through which the spout tube ll! slidably operates. This tube iii along one side is provided with a rib is operating in a guide or keyway l5 provided lengthwise of the guide tube 13 as shown in Figure 4 to prevent rotative movement of the spout and associated parts.

The cover thus described is normally urged upwardly through the medium of a substantially frusto-conical coil spring I6 one end of which is suitably anchored in the bottom of the can 5, and the other end of which is suitably secured by one of the fastening elements 8 to the ring 1.

The funnel part 9 is provided with a suitably located-filling opening 51 for which is provided a normally closed flap valve l8 secured to the under or inner side of the funnel 9 by a suitable spring hinge [9 as best shown in Figure 5.

At its free end the tube it) is beveled off to pro- 5 vide a suitable outlet for the tube, and inwardly from said free end a stop rod 28 extends transversely through the tube.

In use to charge thecan 5 with oil or the like a suitable filling nozzle or the like indicated by 10 a broken line in Figure 1 and by the reference numeral 21 has its discharge end passing through the opening H in a manner to swing the valve E8 to open position and permit a flow of oil or other fluid into the can 5. 15

To transfer the fluid from the can 5 to another receptacle, as for example, the crank case of an automobile, the can is inverted as shown in Figure 2 with the free end of the spout Ill introduced into the filler pipe of the crank case shown in 20 broken lines in Figure 2 and therein designated by the reference numeral 22. The end of the spout it is inserted sufiiciently far enough to engage the stop bar 21! with the end of the filler tube 22. Thus with the can arranged as shown 25 in Figure 2, a slight downward pressure is applied to the can 5 sufiicient to cause the piston I together with the associated parts to move inwardly relative to the can 5. This will displace the oil contents of the can causing said contents to 30 flow through the spout it into the crank case or the like as is thought apparent.

Thus it will be seen that with an oil can of this character the same may be readily charged with the desired amount of oil, and the oil con- 35 tents of the can quickly transferred to the crank case or other receptacle intended.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A can open at its top, a piston having a slid- 40 ing fit within said can and provided with a circular opening, a pouring spout provided at one end with an integral frusto-conical funnel having a' flange at its largest end, means detachably securing said flange of the funnel to the piston, said 45 funnel and piston serving as the sole closure means for the open top of said can, said funnel being also provided with a filling opening, and an inwardly opening flap valve for said filling opening.

2. A can open at its top, a piston having a sliding fit within said can and provided with a circular opening, a pouring spout provided at one end with an integral frusto-conical funnel having a flange at its largest end, means detachably se- 55 curing said flange of the funnel to the piston, said funnel and piston serving as the sole closure means for the open top of said can, said funnel being also provided with a filling opening, an inwardly opening flap valve for said filling opening, a plurality of arms secured at one end to the wall of the can at the open top thereof and extending inwardly toward the center of the can, a guide sleeve integral with and connecting said arms, and said spout having a sliding fit through the guide sleeve.

3. A can open at its top, a piston having a slid ing fit within said can and provided with a circular opening, a pouring spout provided at one end with an integral frusto-conical funnel having a flange at its largest end, means detachably securing said flange of the funnel to the piston, said funnel and piston serving as the sole closure means for the open top of said can, said funnel being also provided with a filling opening, an inwardly opening flap valve for said wall of the can at the open top thereof and extending inwardly toward the center of the can, a guide sleeve integral with and connecting said arms, and said spout having a sliding fit through the guide sleeve, said guide sleeve being also provided with an external groove, said spout being provided with an external longitudinal rib working in the groove for retaining said spout and associated parts against rotative movement.

4. A can open at its top, a piston having a sliding fit within said can and provided with a circular opening, a pouring spout provided at one end with an integral frusto-conical' funnel having a flange at its largest end, means detachably securing said flange of the funnel to the piston, said funnel and piston serving as the sole closure means for the open top of said can, said funnel 10 being also provided. with a filling opening, an inwardly opening flap valve for said wall of the can at the open top thereof and extending inwardly toward the center of the can, a guide sleeve integral with and connecting said arms, 15 said spout having a sliding fit through the guide sleeve, said guide sleeve being also provided with an external groove, said spout being provided with an external longitudinal rib working in the groove for retaining said spout and associated parts 20 against rotative movement, a spring disposed within said can and having an end secured to the piston, tending to urge the piston upwardly toward the open top of the can, and an abutment end extending through the spout adjacent the free end 25 of the latter, and laterally from the spout as and for the purpose specified.

RAYMOND F. PUSTEJOVSKY. 

